Autistic, Michael Blankenship couldn't speak or take oral medications. As a result, doctors prescribed a patch containing the powerful painkiller fentanyl following the March surgery.

The patch, which was placed on his back, is typically used on cancer patients or people with a narcotics tolerance.

"Clearly the dose was too much for this patient," said Dr. David Fisher, the hospital's medical director.

The head of Children's Hospital paid the Blankeships a home visit to personally apologize, but Tammy Blankenship said she has yet to hear from the dentist who prescribed the narcotic that proved fatal for her son.

"I can't bring my child back. I can't reverse the decision made to prescribe a drug that killed him," she said.

The hospital is not disciplining the doctor or the medical team, saying no one intended to harm the boy and, until now, there was no process to determine if fentanyl was being used for the right person.

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